Memorijal Hakija Turajlić
Memorijal Hakija Turajlić is a boxing tournament named in honor of Hakija Turajlić, a former Bosnian politician, economist and businessman who was assassinated in 1993 during the Bosnian War. The first Memorijal Hakija Turajlić was held in 1994, during the Siege of Sarajevo, and since then more than 500 boxers from 30 countries have participated in the tournament.[1][2][3]
From 1998. until 2008. it was one of strongest amateur boxing tournaments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4]
Notable boxers[edit]
A large number of high quality amateur boxers have competed at the Memorijal Hakija Turajlić:
Magomed Aripgadjiev- Magomed Nurutdinov
Damir Beljo- Džemal Bošnjak
- Nermin Bašović
- Almedin Fetahović
- Džemal Fetahović
- Adem Fetahović
- Memnun Hadžić
- Darko Kučuk
- Esmir Kukić
- Mirsad Majstorić
- Emil Markić
- Izet Mrkulić
- Enes Peštek
- Halid Ranica
- Adnan Redžović
- Jasmin Sejdinović
- Hamid Šemić
- Hajrudin Šerifović
- Muharem Šuvalić
- Emir Telalović
- Velibor Vidić
- Stevo Zolak
- Ismet Žerić
Detelin Dalakliev- Spas Genov
- Sergey Rozhnov
- Salim Salimov
Alen Babić- Jetiš Bajrami
- Stjepan Božić
- Marko Čalić
- Stipe Drews
- Filip Palić
- Mirko Filipović
- Marijo Šivolija
- Marko Tomasović
Costas Philippou
Ramadan Yasser
Stefan Härtel- Artur Schmidt
Csaba Kurtucz
Dean Byrne- Darren O'Neill
Veli Mumin
Alen Beganović- Boško Drašković
- Bojan Pešić
Liben Salazar
Ionut Gheorghe- Ionut Ion
Valeri Chechenev
Zoran Mitrović- Milan Piperski
- Nikola Sjekloca
- Milan Vasiljević
Dejan Zavec
José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares- Eric Pambani
Herry Saliku Biembe- David Roethlisberger
- Stephane Roethlisberger
- Arnold Gjergjaj
References[edit]
- ^ "Memorijalni bokserski turnir "Hakija Turajlić" 2009. - Naslovnica". Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "Bosnia". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "Boxing & Business | Payday Loans | Logbook Loans | Same Day Loans". eubc-boxing.eu. Archived from the original on 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ "Elita svjetskog boksa u Sarajevu". SportSport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-06-01.